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Amendment of Register of Government Buildings
South Melbourne City
MacRobertson Girls' High School, Kings Way, Albert Park.
[Victoria Government Gazette No. G39 12
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Statement of Significance

The MacRobertson Girls' High School at Albert Park, South Melbourne, was built in 1934 with funds donated by Sir MacPherson Robertson as a gift to the state of Victoria, celebrating the Centenary of its foundation. The building provided a permanent home for the former Melbourne Girls' High School, which was renamed in honour of its benefactor. The bold modern design, which had taken first prize in a strongly contested architectural competition for the new school, was
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